The following links are to copies of pages from the OESF Wiki that I frequently recommend to people. I am posting them here as a backup since the Wiki pages at OESF have frequently been getting defaced by spammers.
SD_And_CF_FAQ
Step-by-step_CF/SD_fdisk/formatting_for_newbies
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